DANVILLE — Timothy J. Kendrick, 32, pleaded guilty to the murder of Harold Adcock before Yell County Circuit Judge Jerry Don Ramey on July 26 at the Logan County Courthouse in Paris and received a 40-year prison sentence.

Kendrick, of Ola, had remained in jail on a $1 million bond after being arrested for shooting and killing Harold Adcock, 80, during a May 26, 2012 robbery.

According to a statement released by the Yell County Sheriff’s Department after last year, Kendrick was believed to have shot Adcock twice in the head during an attempt to obtain money and pain medication. After killing Adcock, Kendrick set fire to the residence to cover up the crime, according to the release. The house sustained little fire damage.

Kendrick pleaded guilty in a plea bargain to a charge of first-degree murder, and was sentenced to 40 years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections, with 289 days jail credit, $150 court costs, $50 Public Defender fee, and $250 DNA fee.

Prosecuting attorney Tom Tatum says he feels like it was a good deal for the people of Yell county and the victim’s family.

“He’ll be an old man before he is eligible for parole,” he said. “The family felt good about it. I think it was good closure for them. This will keep him off the streets for a long while.”

A Yell County murder trial is also approaching for Stacey Lucky, 34, in the case of the murder of her husband, Johnny Lucky.

Lucky was arrested May 24, 2012 after reporting to police she and her husband got into an argument before Johnny shot and killed himself.

Further investigation led police to believe Stacey killed her husband, which she later admitted to, according to a YCSD statement released after the alleged murder.

Stacey Lucky, who was immediately taken into custody on an active arrest warrant before investigators determined her husband’s cause of death, allegedly told investigators she shot Johnny in the head after he assaulted her. Evidence found at the scene and preliminary reports from the Arkansas State Medical Examiner were consistent with investigators’ allegations that Johnny Lucky’s death was due to a homicide, the release stated.

Stacey posted a $100,000 bond and was released from custody on June 22, 2012. She faces second-degree murder, felony possession of a firearm, and filing a false report charges at here trial.